How cool is the recent news of a dinosaur tail with intact feathers preserved inside a piece of amber? Look at that. It’s so beautiful! My inner child, specifically the one obsessed with Jurassic Park, is oh, so...
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Kayleigh DeMace
The Consequences of Global Energy Poverty
“Access to energy is fundamental to improving quality of life and is a key imperative for economic development.” Living in a first world country with easy access to a variety of modern energy sources...
Sarah Simonovich
Petroleum Product of the Week: Asphalt
It’s pretty common knowledge that there are a variety of petroleum products that go in your car (as well as various components such as rubber tires), but how often do you think about the petroleum within the roads that...
Petrochemicals: Clearing the Name of Petroleum One Product at a Time
Planet Earth runs on Petrol It’s no exaggeration to say that the world runs on petroleum—and no, I don’t just mean automobiles. Petroleum is everywhere, even in places where you least expect it. And while new...
Black Oil: How THE X-FILES Made Petroleum Spooky
“Are you familiar with the so-called X-Files?” Sunday (January 24) marked the return of The X-Files, a science-fiction, horror, procedural drama that originally aired from September 10, 1993 to May 19, 2002...
How Much Warmer Would Earth Be If We Used Up All Our Fossil Fuels?
When the words “climate change” of “global warming” get brought up in the news or political debate, there is usually somebody speaking about how global temperatures are higher than they have ever...
Matthew Blockus